MEDITERRANEAN SEA including Red Sea
1939
November 16 - Motor
torpedo boat MTB No.6 (18t, 1936), foundered in bad
weather off Sardinia, W Mediterranean
1940
January 5 - Trawler
KINGSTON CORNELIAN (550T, 1934), collision, E of Gibraltar
Straits
June 12 - Light criser CALYPSO (4,180t, 1917), sunk by U-boat torpedo, S of Crete
June 23 - Destroyer
KHARTOUM (1,710t, 1939), beached after damage by internal
explosion caused by burst air vessel off Perim Harbour,
Red Sea
June 24 - Submarine
GRAMPUS (1,520t, 1937), lost off Augusta, Sicily, cause
unknown
June 27 - Submarine ODIN
(1,475t, 1929), lost in Gulf of Taranto, S Italy, cause
unknown
June 27 - Submarine
ORPHEUS (1,475t, 1930), lost, probably torpedoed by
Italian submarine between Malta and Alexandria
July 11 - Destroyer ESCORT
(1,375t, 1934), sunk by U-boat torpedo, W Mediterranean
July 17 - Submarine
PHOENIX (1,475t, 1931), lost off Sicily, cause unknown
August 1 - Submarine
OSWALD (1,475t, 1929), rammed and sunk by Italian destroyer, 10 miles SE Spartivento Bay
August 23 - Destroyer
HOSTILE (1,340t, 1936), mined and sunk off Cape Bon,
Tunisia
September 25 - Trawler
STELLA SIRIUS (550t, 1934), sunk by bombs during air raid
on Gibraltar
October 19 - Submarine
RAINBOW (1,475t, 1932), sunk off Calabria, S Italy, by
gunfire, Italian submarine. Formally paid off.
October 20 - Submarine
TRIAD (1,090t, 16/9/39), lost off Calabria, S. Italy,
cause unknown.
December 6 - Submarine
REGULUS (1,475t, 1930), lost, Otranto Strait, S Italy,
cause unknown. Formally paid off.
December 18 - Submarine
TRITON (1,095t, 1933), lost in S Adriatic, probably mined.
December 22 - Destroyer
HYPERION (1,340t, 1936), sunk by mine off Pantellaria, SW
of Sicily
December 30 - Trawler
BANDOLERO (913t, 1935), sunk in collision, Gulf of Sollum,
Egypt.
1941
Landing craft assault LCA
No.70 (11-13.5t), lost in Middle East.
January 11 - Cruiser
SOUTHAMPTON (9,100t, 1937), sunk by dive bombers, E of
Malta
January 20 - Destroyer
GALLANT (1,335t, 1936), damaged by mine (10th) and taken
in tow. Later bombed and sunk in Malta Harbour.
January 31 - Minesweeper
HUNTLEY (710t, 1919), sunk by aircraft, E Mediterranean
February 11 - Whaler
SOUTHERN FLOE (R, 344t, 1936), mined off Tobruk, Libya.
February 20 - Trawler OUSE
(462t, 1917), mined, Tobruk, Libya.
February 23 - Monitor
TERROR (7,200t, 1916), bombed (22nd) and sunk off Derna,
Libya
February 24 - Destroyer
DAINTY (1,375t, 1932), sunk by aircraft off Tobruk,
Libya.
February 25 - Whaler SARNA
(R, 268t, 1930), mined, Suez Canal, Egypt
February 28 - Motor
anti-submarine boat No.3 (19t, 1939), beached after mine
damage, Suez Canal.
March 18 - Armed boarding
vessel ROSAURA (R, 1,552t, 1905), mined off Tobruk, Libya
March 31 - Cruiser
BONAVENTURE (5,450t, 24/5/40), sunk by U-boat torpedoes,
S of Crete.
April 6 - Salvage vessel
VIKING (R), sunk by aircraft, Piraeus, Greece.
April 6 - Yacht SURF (R,
496t, 1902), sunk by aircraft at Piraeus, Greece.
April 14 - Tanker/oiler
PERICLES (R, 8,324, 1936), lost in heavy weather on
passage to Alexandria, Egypt.
April 16 - Destroyer
MOHAWK (1,870t, 1938), torpedoed by destroyer, East of
Tunisia. Sunk by own
April 18 - Convoy service
ship FIONA (R, 2,190t, 1927), sunk by aircraft off Sidi
Barrani, Egypt
April 24 - Yacht CALANTHE
(R, 370t, 1898), sunk by aircraft off Milos, Greece.
April 25 - Store carrier
ULSTER PRINCE (R, 3,791t, 1930), grounded off Nauplia,
Greece; attacked by aircraft during evacuation.
April 29 - Convoy service
ship CHAKLA (R, 3,081t, 1914), sunk by aircraft, Tobruk
Harbour, Libya.
May - Landing craft
assault LCA No.28 (11-13.5t), lost during evacuation of
Crete.
May - Landing craft
mechanised (MkI), LCM No.106 (30-37t), lost at Crete.
May 2 - Destroyer JERSEY
(1,760t, 28/4/39), mined in entrance to Grand Harbour,
Malta.
May 3 - Submarine USK
(540t, 11/10/40), presumed mined off Cape Bon, Tunisia.
May 10 - Motor launch ML
No.1011 (40t, 16/11/40), bombed and sunk on passage from
Suda Bay to Sphakia, Crete.
May 12 - River gun boat
LADYBIRD (625t, 1916), dive-bombed and sunk, Tobruk,
Libya.
May 13 - Submarine
UNDAUNTED (540t, 30/12/40), presumed sunk by depth
charges, surface craft off Tripoli, Libya
May 18 - Tanker/oiler LNA
(12,667t, 1921), bombed and set on fire, Crete
May 20 - Minesweeper
WIDNES (710t, 1913), bombed and beached in Suda Bay,
Crete.
May 21 - Destroyer JUNO
(1,760t, 25/8/39), sunk by aircraft bombs during Battle of Crete
May 22 - Cruiser
FIJI
(8,000t, 17/5/40), sunk by aircraft bombs during
evacuation of Crete.
May 22 - Cruiser
GLOUCESTER (9,600t, 31/1/39), sunk by aircraft bombs during evacuation of Crete.
May 22 - Cruiser
YORK
(8,250, 1930), lost at Suda Bay, Crete after damage on
various dates by explosive motor boats and aircraft.
May 22 - Destroyer
GREYHOUND (1,335t, 1936), sunk by aircraft bombs during
Battle of Crete
May 23 - Destroyer KASHMIR
(1,760t, 26/10/39), sunk by aircraft bombs during Battle
of Crete
May 23 - Destroyer KELLY
(Leader, 1,760t, 23/8/39), sunk by aircraft bombs during
Battle of Crete
May 23 - Whaler KOS XXIII
(R, 353t, 1937), total loss, Suda Bay, Crete
May 24 - Drifter AURORA II
(R), sunk by aircraft at Tobruk, Libya.
May 25 - Sloop GRIMSBY
(990t, 1934), sunk by aircraft off Tobruk, Libya.
May 27 - Destroyer DIAMOND
(1,375t, 1932), sunk by aircraft bombs during evacuation
of Greece
May 27 - Destroyer WRYNECK
(1,100t, 1918), sunk by aircraft bombs during evacuation
of Greece
May 27 - Whaler SYVERN (R,
307t, 1937), sunk by enemy action on passage from Crete
area.
May 28 - Motor launch ML
No.1030 (40t, 11/11/40), lost on passage from Suda Bay,
Crete.
May 29 - Destroyer
HEREWARD (1,340t, 1936), sunk by aircraft bombs off
Crete.
May 29 - Destroyer
IMPERIAL (1,370t, 1937), sunk by own forces after being
bombed off Crete.
May 29 - Trawler SINDONIS
(913t, 1934), sunk by aircraft at Tobruk, Libya
May 41 - Minesweeper STOKE
(710t, 1918), sunk by aircraft at Tobruk, Libya
June - Landing craft tank
(MkI), LCT No.6, 20 (total 2, 372t each), lost in Middle
East.
June 1 - Cruiser
CALCUTTA
(AA ship, 4,200t, 1919), sunk by aircraft bombs during
evacuation of Crete
June 2 - Landing craft
tank (MkI), LCT No.16 (372t), lost in Suda Bay, Crete.
June 2 - Motor torpedo
boat MTB No.67 (17t, 19/4/40), sunk by aircraft, destroyed
or beached, Suda Bay, Crete. Date given as 23rd May-2nd
June
June 2 - Motor torpedo
boat MTB No.213 (17t, 24/10/40), sunk by aircraft,
destroyed or beached, Suda Bay, Crete. Date given as 23rd
May-2nd June
June 2 - Motor torpedo
boat MTB No.214 (17t, 10/40), sunk by aircraft, destroyed
or beached, Suda Bay, Crete. Date given as 23rd May-2nd
June
June 2 - Motor torpedo
boat MTB No.216 (17t, 3/1/41), sunk by aircraft, destroyed
or beached, Suda Bay, Crete. Date given as 23rd May-2nd
June
June 2 - Motor torpedo
boat MTB No.217 (17t, 7/1/41), sunk by aircraft, destroyed
or beached, Suda Bay, Crete. Date given as 23rd May-2nd
June
June 2 - Whaler KOS XXII
(R, 353t, 1937), sunk on passage from Crete area
June 24 - Sloop AUCKLAND
(1,250t, 1933), sunk by aircraft bombs off Tobruk, Libya.
June 29 - Destroyer
WATERHEN (On loan to RAN, 1,100t, 1918), sunk by aircraft bombs off Sollum, Egypt
July 11 - Destroyer
DEFENDER (1,375t, 1932), sunk by aircraft bombs off Sidi
Barrani, Egypt
July 17 - Landing craft
tank (MkI), LCT No.10 (372t), lost by enemy action, Middle
East
July 22 - Submarine UNION
(540t, 22/2/41), presumed lost between Tunisia and
Pantellaria
July 23 - Destroyer
FEARLESS (1,375t, 1934), sunk during air attack on convoy,
Central Mediterranean
July 29 - Landing craft
tank (MkI), LCT No.8 (372t), lost in Middle East
August - Landing craft
assault LCA No.31, 32, 38, 39, 45, 48, 40, 51, 60, 63,
64, 75, 79-81, 87, 105, 113 (total 18, 11-13.5t each), lost in Middle East. Date reported
August - Landing craft
mechanised (MkI), LCM No.32, 55, 67, 95, 96, 103, 107, 108
(total 8, 30-37t each), lost in Middle East. Date reported
August - Landing craft
personnel (Large), LCP(L) No.63 (8-11t), lost in Middle
East. Date reported
August - Landing craft
tank (MkI), LCT No.1, 12, 15, 19 (total 4, 372t each), lost
in Middle East. Date reported
August 4 - Armament store
carrier ESCAUT (R, 1,087t, 1938), sunk by aircraft off
Suez, Egypt. Date given. Date given as 3rd-4th
August 4 - Submarine
CACHALOT (1,520t, 1938), rammed by Italian destroyer off
Cyrenaica. Formally paid off
August 13 - Schooner
KEPHALLINIA (R, 1,267t, 1893), foundered off Alexandria,
Egypt.
August 19 - Whaler
THORBRYN (R, 305t, 1936), sunk by aircraft off Tobruk,
Libya.
August 20 - Submarine P-33
(540t, 30/5/41), presumed mined off Tripoli, Libya.
August 23 - Submarine P-32
(540t, 3/5/41), formally paid off.
August 27 - Whaler SKUDD 3
(R, 245t, 1929), sunk by aircraft, Tobruk, Libya.
August-September - Landing
craft mechanised (MkI), LCM No.82, 97 (total 2, 30-37t
each), lost in Middle East
September 2 - Landing
craft personnel (Large), LCP(L) No.59, 71 (total 2, 8-11t
each), lost through heavy weather while at anchor, Middle
East
October 4 - Whaler WHIPPET
(ex-Kos XXI, R, 353t, 1937), bombed and sunk.
October 13 - Landing craft
tank (MkI), LCT No.2, 7 (total 2, 372t each), lost after
leaving Tobruk, Libya. Date given as 12th-13th
October 21 - River gun
boat
GNAT (625t, 1915), torpedoed by U-boat off Bardia,
Libya. Total loss
October 25 - Cruiser
minelayer
LATONA (2,650t, 4/5/41) attacked by aircraft, E
Mediterranean
November 2 - Submarine
TETRARCH (1,095t, 15/2/40), lost W Mediterranean, on
passage Malta to Gibraltar.
November 14 - Aircraft
carrier ARK ROYAL (22,000t, 1938), torpedoed (13th) by
U-boat and sunk, W Mediterranean.
November 22 - Schooner
MARIA DI GIOVANNI (R), grounded, W of Tobruk, Libya.
November 25 - Battleship
BARHAM (31,100t, 1915), sank by U-boat torpedoes off Sollum, Egypt. Med
November 29 - Whaler
EGELAND (R, 153t, 1912), grounded, Palestine coast, total
loss
December 1 - Submarine
PERSEUS (1,475t, 1930), mined off Zante, W Greece.
December 5 - Armed
boarding vessel CHAKDINA (R, 3,033t, 1914), sunk by
aircraft, E Mediterranean
December 7 - Armed
boarding vessel CHANTALA (R, 3,129t, 1920), mined, Tobruk
Harbour
December 11 - Trawler LADY
SHIRLEY (R, 477t, 1937), sunk by U-boat, Gibraltar
Straits.
December 11 - Yacht
ROSABELLE (525t, 1901), sunk by explosion, probably
torpedoed by U-boat, Straits of Gibraltar.
December 14 - Cruiser
GALATEA (5,220t, 1935), sunk by U-boat torpedo off
Alexandria.
December 14 - Motor
torpedo boat MTB No.68 (17t, 19/4/40), sunk in collision
off Libya.
December 16 - Landing
craft tank (MkI), LCT No.11 (372t), lost in Middle Fast.
December 19 - Cruiser
NEPTUNE (7,175t, 1934), sunk by mine off Tripoli, Libya.
December 19 - Destroyer
KANDAHAR (1,760t, 10/10/39), mined off Tripoli, Libya, and
subsequently sunk by own forces
December 23 - Store
carrier TIBERIO (R, 237t, 1902), foundered off Mersa
Matruh, Egypt.
December 24 - Corvette
SALVIA (955t, 20/9/40), sunk by U-boat torpedo off Egypt.
1942
January 2 - Tug DAISY (R), foundered on passage, Alexandria to Tobruk, Libya
January 17 - Destroyer
GURKHA (ex-LARNE, 1,920t, 18/2/41), sunk by U-boat torpedo, E Mediterranean
January 18 - Trawler ERIN
(R, 394t, 1933), explosion, Gibraltar harbour
January 18 - Trawler HONJO
(R, 308t, 1928), explosion, Gibraltar harbour
January 20 - Submarine
TRIUMPH (1,090t, 2/5/39), lost, possibly mined, Aegean Sea. Formally
paid off
January 29 - Whaler SOTRA
(R, 313t, 1925), sunk by aircraft off Bardia, Libya
February 12 - Destroyer
MAORI (1,870t, 30/11/38), sunk during air raid on Grand
Harbour, Malta. Date given as 11th-12th
February 13 - Submarine
TEMPEST (1,090t, 6/12/41), sunk by depth-charges, Italian
surface craft, Gulf Of Taranto. Date approximate
February 15 - Motor launch
ML No.169 (73t, 27/11/40), fire and explosion, Gibraltar
Harbour.
February 25 - Submarine
P-38 (540t, 17/10/41), lost, possibly mined, Gulf of Hammamet, Tunisia
March - Landing craft
mechanised (MkI), LCM No.51, 53 (total 2, 30-37t), lost in
Middle East
March - Landing craft personnel (Large),
LCP(L) No.57 (8-11t), bombed at Tobruk.
March 7 - Tug ST SAMPSOM
(R, 451, 1919), foundered in Red Sea
March 11 - Cruiser
NAIAD
(5,450t, 24/7/40), sunk by U-boat torpedo, E
Mediterranean
March 13 - Transport
vessel ZOODOCHOS PIGHI (R, 170t), sunk by enemy action,
Eastern Mediterranean
March 20 - Escort
destroyer HEYTHROP (1,050t, 21/6/41), sunk by U-boat torpedo, E Mediterranean
March 22 - Motor launch ML
No.129 (73t, 14/10/40), sunk by aircraft bombs off
Algeria.
March 24 - Escort
destroyer SOUTHWOLD (1,050t, 9/10/41), sunk by mine off
Malta
March 26 - Destroyer
JAGUAR (1,760t, 12/9/39), sunk by U-boat torpedo, E
Mediterranean
March 26 - Destroyer
LEGION (1,920t, 19/12/40), sunk by aircraft, Malta Harbour
March 26 - Submarine P-39
(540t, 16/11/41), sunk by aircraft bombs, Malta
March 26 - Tanker/oiler
SLAVOL (2,623t, 1917), sunk by U-boat torpedo sailing for
Tobruk, Libya
April - Landing craft
mechanised (MkI), LCM No.38 (30-37t), lost in
Mediterranean. Date reported
April - Mooring Vessel
MOOR (767t, 1919), blown up and sunk by enemy action,
Malta
April 1 - Submarine P-36
(540t, 24/9/41), sunk by aircraft during raid on Malta
Harbour
April 1 - Submarine
PANDORA (1,475t, 1930), sunk by aircraft during raid on
Malta Harbour
April 4 - Tanker/oiler
PLUMLEAF (5,916t, 1917), sunk by aircraft bombs, Malta
April 5 - Minesweeper
ABINGDON (710t, 1918), sunk by aircraft bombs during raid
on Malta.
April 6 - Destroyer HAVOCK
(1,340t, 1937), grounded, total loss off Kelibia, Tunisia
April 6 - Tug WEST COCKER
(229t, 1919), sunk by aircraft during raid on Malta
April 7 - Tug EMILY (R), sunk by aircraft during raid on Malta
April 7 - Tug HELESPONT
(690t), sunk by aircraft during raid on Malta. Date given
as 6th-7th
April 8 - Whaler SVANA (R,
268t, 1930), sunk by aircraft off Alexandria, Egypt
April 8 - Whaler THORGRIM
(R, 305t, 1936), sunk by aircraft off Alexandria, Egypt
April 9 - Destroyer LANCE
(1,920t, 13/5/41), sunk by aircraft bombs at Malta.
Subsequently salved
April 11 - Destroyer
KINGSTON (1,760t, 14/9/39), sunk by aircraft bombs at
Malta
April 13 - Trawler CORAL
(705t, 1935), sunk by aircraft during raid on Malta
April 14 - Submarine
UPHOLDER (540t, 31/10/40), lost, probably surface craft depth-charges
off Tripoli, Libya
April 18 - Tug ANDROMEDA
(R), sunk by aircraft during raid on Malta.
April 21 - Trawler JADE
(630t, 1933), sunk by aircraft during raid on Malta
April 29 - Transport
vessel TERPSITHEA (R, 157t, 1919), mined at Famagusta,
Cyprus
May 6 - Submarine URGE
(540t, 12/12/40), lost, possibly mined, E Mediterranean
May 7 - Motor launch ML
No.130 (73t, 9/10/40), sunk by gunfire during engagement
off Malta
May 8 - Submarine OLYMPUS
(1,475, 1930), sunk by mine off Grand Harbour, Malta
May 11 - Destroyer KIPLING
(1,760t, 22/12/39), sunk by aircraft, E Mediterranean
May 11 - Destroyer LIVELY
(1,920t, 20/7/41), sunk by aircraft, E Mediterranean
May 11 - Tug C.308 (154t), sunk by mine off Malta.
May 12 - Destroyer JACKAL
(1,760t, 13/4/39), sunk by aircraft, E Mediterranean
May 30 - Tug ST ANGELO
(150t, 1935), sunk by mine off Malta.
June - Landing craft
mechanised (MkI), LCM No.84, 90, 93, 119, 122, 135, 137
(total 7, 30-37t each), lost in Middle East.
June - Motor torpedo boat
MTB No.259 (32t), lost in tow in Mediterranean.
June 3 - Whaler COCKER (R,
305t, 1936), sunk by U-boat off Bardia, Libya
June 10 - Drifter TRUSTY
STAR (96t, 1920), mined off Malta
June 12 - Escort destroyer
GROVE (1,050t, 5/2/42), sunk by U-boat torpedo, E Mediterranean,
June 13 - Transport vessel
FAROUK (auxiliary schooner, R, 91t), sunk by
U-83 in Mediterranean
June 15 - Destroyer
BEDOUIN (1,870t, 15/3/39), sunk by aircraft torpedo,
Central Mediterranean
June 15 - Destroyer HASTY
(1,340t, 1936), sunk by U-boat torpedo, E Mediterranean
June 15 - Destroyer NESTOR
(On loan to RAN, 1,760t, 12/2/41), sunk by aircraft bombs, E Mediterranean
June 15 - Escort destroyer
AIREDALE (1,050t, 8/1/42), sunk by aircraft during attack
on convoy, E Mediterranean
June 16 - Cruiser
HERMIONE
(5,450t, 25/3/41), sunk by U-boat torpedo, E
Mediterranean
June 16 - Destroyer
KUJAWIAK (ex-OAKLEY, on loan to Polish Navy, 1,050t,
17/6/41), sunk by mine off Malta
June 16 - Drifter
JUSTIFIED (93t, 1925), mined off Malta
June 18 - Tug VISION, sunk
at Mersa Matruh, Egypt
June 20 - Landing craft
assault LCA No.193 (11-13.5t), lost during fall of Tobruk.
June 20 - Landing craft
mechanised (MkI), LCM No.110, 113, 145, 146, 148 (total 5,
30-37t each), lost during fall of Tobruk
June 20 - Landing craft
personnel (Large), LCP(L) No.64 (8-11t), lost during fall
of Tobruk
June 20 - Landing craft
support (Medium) (MkI), LCS(M) No.4, 6, 15, 18, 19, 22
(total 6, 9-11t each), lost during fall of Tobruk
June 20 - Landing craft
tank (MkII), LCT No.119, 150 (total 2, 450-453t each), lost
at Tobruk.
June 20 - Tug ALAISIA (R,
72t, 1929), lost by enemy action, Tobruk, Libya
June 20 - Tug J.T.A.1 (R), lost, Tobruk, Libya
June 20 - Tug J.T.A.7 (R), lost, Tobruk, Libya
June 20 - Tug J.T.A.14
(R), lost, Tobruk, Libya
June 21 - Drifter HIGHLAND
QUEEN (R), scuttled during fall of Tobruk. Date given as
20th-21st
June 21 - Whaler PARKTOWN
(R, 250t, 1929), sunk by E-boats off Tobruk, Libya
June 30 - Landing craft
personnel (Large), LCP(L) No.65 (8-11t), lost in bad
weather off Alexandria, Egypt
June 30 - Submarine depot
ship MEDWAY (14,650t, 1929), sunk by U-boat torpedo off
Alexandria, Egypt
July - Landing craft
mechanised (MkI), LCM No.140 (30-37t), lost in Middle East
July 23 - Harbour duty
vessel VASSILIKI (R), sunk by U-boat on passage from
Beirut to Famagusta
August - Landing craft
mechanised (MkI), LCM No.23-25, 34, 45 (total 5, 30-37t
each), lost in Middle East
August - Landing craft
mechanised (MkIII), LCM No.501, 510, 516 (total 3, 52t
each), lost in Middle East.
August 11 - Aircraft
carrier EAGLE (22,600t, 1924), sunk by U-boat torpedo, W
Mediterranean
August 11 - Submarine
THORN (1,090t, 26/8/41), lost, probably mined, Libya, E Mediterranean.
Formally paid off
August 12 - Cruiser
CAIRO
(AA ship, 4,200t, 1919), sunk by U-boat torpedo off Bizerta, Tunis
August 13 - Cruiser
MANCHESTER (9,400t, 1938), sunk by E-boat torpedo off Kelibia Roads, Tunisia
August 13 - Destroyer
FORESIGHT (1,350t, 1935), sunk by aircraft torpedo,
Central Mediterranean
September - Motor launch
ML No.1153 (40t, 18/8/42), destroyed by enemy action en
route for Turkey.
September 14 - Cruiser
COVENTRY (AA ship, 4,290t, 1918), sunk by dive bombers, E
Mediterranean
September 14 - Destroyer
SIKH (1,870t, 12/10/38), sunk by gunfire, shore batteries,
Tobruk, Libya
September 14 - Destroyer
ZULU (1, 870t, 6/9/38), sunk by aircraft bombs, E
Mediterranean
September 14 - Motor
launch ML No.352 (73t, 9/6/42), sunk by aircraft, Tobruk,
Libya.
September 14 - Motor
launch ML No.353 (73t, 26/5/42), sunk by aircraft, Tobruk,
Libya
September 14 - Motor
torpedo boat MTB No.308 (34t, 31/1/42), probably aircraft
attack off Tobruk, Libya
September 14 - Motor
torpedo boat MTB No.310 (38t, 10/2/42), probably aircraft
attack off Tobruk, Libya
September 14 - Motor
torpedo boat MTB No.312 (34t, 21/2/42), probably aircraft
attack off Tobruk, Libya
September 14 - Motor
torpedo boat MTB No.314 (34t, 2/3/42), probably aircraft
attack off Tobruk, Libya
September 15 - Landing
craft personnel (Large), LCP(L) No.29 (8-11t), lost by fire
in Middle East.
September 18 - Submarine
TALISMAN (1,090t, 29/6/40), lost in Sicilian Channel. Formally paid off
November - Landing craft
assault LCA No.35, 55, 128, 135, 153, 167, 169, 176,
187-189, 218, 219, 222, 227, 235, 239, 244, 245, 259-261,
266, 269, 271, 286, 287, 301, 307, 309, 330, 321, 375,
423, 436, 447, 451(total 37, 11-13.5t each), lost in
Operation Torch, N Africa. Date approximate
November - Landing craft
mechanised (MkI), LCM No.63-65, 69, 72, 73, 190, 147, 153,
161, 169, 186 (total 12, 30-37t each), lost in Operation
Torch, N. Africa
November - Landing craft
mechanised (MkIII), LCM No.518, 520, 528, 539, 543. 551,
555, 556, 558, 564, 567, 569, 571, 572, 574, 581, 584,
590, 592, 593, 595, 596, 606, 609, 624, 635 (total 26,
52t each), lost in Operation Torch, N Africa
November - Landing craft
personnel (Large), LCP(L) No.138, 507, 543, 544, 550, 560,
562, 565, 566, 568, 573, 575, 576, 759 (total 14, 8-11t
each), lost in Operation Torch, N Africa
November - Landing craft
support (Medium) (MkI), LCS(M) No.11, 14 (total 2, 9-11t), lost in Operation Torch, N Africa
November - Landing craft
support (Medium) (MkII), LCS(M) No.28 (12.5t), lost in
Operation Torch, N Africa
November - Landing craft
personnel (Ramped), LCP(R) No.603, 620, 629, 721, 783,
794, 837, 850, 858, 901,909, 1009, 1029, 1036 (total 14,
9-11t), lost in Operation Torch, N. Africa. Date
approximate
November 8 - Cutter
HARTLAND (1,546t, 1928), sunk by gunfire, Oran Harbour
November 8 - Cutter WALNEY
(1,546t, 1930), sunk by gunfire, Oran Harbour
November 8 - Destroyer
BROKE (Leader, 1,480t, 1925), sunk by gunfire, shore
batteries, Algiers, Algeria
November 9 - Corvette
GARDENIA (1,015t, 24/5/40), collision with own forces off
Oran, Algeria
November 9 - Minesweeper
CROMER (656t, 4/4/41), mined, E Mediterranean
November 10 - Destroyer
MARTIN (1,920t, 4/4/42), sunk by U-boat torpedo W
Mediterranean
November 10 - Sloop IBIS
(1,300t, 30/8/41), sunk by aircraft, W Mediterranean
November 12 - Auxiliary
anti-aircraft ship TYNWALD (3,650t, 1/10/41), mined off
Bougie, Algeria.
November 12 - Landing ship
infantry (Large), LSI(L) KARANJA (R, 9,890t, 1931), sunk by
aircraft, Bougie, Algeria.
November 15 - Minesweeper
ALGERINE (940t, 23/3/42), sunk by U-boat torpedo, Bougie,
Algeria.
November 20 - Landing
craft mechanised (MkI), LCM No.139 (30-37t), lost through
heavy weather in Middle East.
November 24 - Submarine
UTMOST (540t, 17/8/40), lost, probably by surface craft depth-charges off Cape Marittimo, W of Sicily
November 25 - Trawler
LEYLAND (857t, 1936), collision, Gibraltar Bay
December 2 - Destroyer
QUENTIN (1,705t, 15/4/42), sunk by aircraft torpedo, W
Mediterranean
December 6 - Landing craft
mechanised (MkI), LCM No.98 (30-37t), lost by enemy action
in Benghazi area
December 9 - Corvette
MARIGOLD (1,015t, 28/2/41), sunk by aircraft torpedo,
Gibraltar Straits.
December 11 - Escort
destroyer BLEAN (1,050t, 23/3/42), sunk by U-boat torpedo, W of Oran, Algeria
December 12 - Submarine
P-222 (715t, 4/5/42), lost, probably by surface craft depth-charges off Naples, W Italy
December 12 - Submarine
TRAVELLER (1,090t, 10/4/42), lost, probably by
depth-charges from Italian torpedo boat Gulf of Taranto.
Formally paid off
December 18 - Destroyer
PARTRIDGE (1,540t, 22/2/42), sunk by U-boat torpedo, W
Mediterranean
December 19 - Corvette
SNAPDRAGON (955t, 28/10/40), sunk by aircraft bombs,
Mediterranean.
December 28 - Tug ST ISSEY
(810t, 1918), sunk, probably by U-boat off Benghazi,
Libya
1943
January - Small
miscellaneous craft NAIEM, sunk at Tobruk, Libya
January 2 - Human
torpedo/Chariot No.15/XV (1.2t submerged, 6/10/42), lost
in Operation Principal (Palermo, Sicily)
January 2 - Human
torpedo/Chariot No.16/XVI (1.2t submerged, 10/10/42), lost in Operation Principal (Palermo, Sicily)
January 2 - Human
torpedo/Chariot No.19/XIX (1.2t submerged, 16/10/42), lost in Operation Principal (Palermo, Sicily)
January 2 - Human
torpedo/Chariot No.22/XXII (1.2t submerged, 29/10/42), lost in Operation Principal (Palermo, Sicily)
January 2 - Human
torpedo/Chariot No.23/XXIII (1.2t submerged, 23/10/42), lost in Operation Principal (Palermo, Sicily)
January 2 - Landing craft
mechanised (MkI), LCM No.26 (30-37t), sunk in
Mediterranean off Libya
January 4 - Submarine P-48
(540t, 18/6/42), lost, possibly mined, Gulf of Tunis,
January 6 - Landing craft
tank (MkII), LCT No.106, 107 (total 2, 450-453t each), sunk
in Benghazi Harbour as result of heavy weather
January 7 - Trawler JURA
(545t, 12/6/42), sunk by aircraft or U-boat torpedo,
Western Mediterranean
January 7 - Trawler
HORATIO (545t, 27/1/41), sunk by E-boat torpedo, Western
Mediterranean
January 8 - Human
torpedo/Chariot No.10/X (1.2t submerged, 15/9/42), lost
in Operation Principal (Maddalena, Sardinia)
January 8 - Human
torpedo/Chariot No.18/XVIII (1.2t submerged, 14/10/42), lost in Operation Principal (Maddalena, Sardinia)
January 8 - Submarine
P-311 (1,090t, 7/8/42), lost, possibly mined off Maddalena, Sardinia
January 19 - Human
torpedo/Chariot No.12/XII (1.2t submerged, 30/9/42), lost
in Operation Welcome (Tripoli, Libya)
January 19 - Human
torpedo/Chariot No.13/XIII (1.2t submerged, 30/9/42), lost in Operation Welcome (Tripoli, Libya)
January 25 - Landing craft
mechanised (MkI), LCM No.58 (30-37t), sunk in
Mediterranean off Libya
January 30 - Corvette
SAMPHIRE (1,015t, 30/6/41), sunk by U-boat torpedo,
Western Mediterranean
February 1 - Cruiser
minelayer
WELSHMAN (2,650t, 25/8/41), sunk by U-boat torpedo off Libya
February 5 - Trawler
STRONSAY (545t, 24/4/42), sunk by explosion, probably
mined off Phillipeville, Western Mediterranean
February 6 - Landing craft
mechanised (MkI), LCM No.80 (30-37t), stranded off
Benghazi. Total loss.
February 7 - Landing craft
infantry (Large), LCI(L) No.162 (380-384t), exploded and
sank en route for Algiers.
February 7 - Trawler
TERVANI (409t, 1930), probably sunk by U-boat off Cape
Bougaroni, Algeria
February 8 - Landing craft
mechanised (MkI), LCM No.61 (30-37t), sunk in Benghazi
Harbour through heavy weather
February 9 - Corvette
ERICA (955t, 7/8/40), sunk by mine, NE of Benghazi, Libya
February 13 - Auxiliary
anti-aircraft ship POZARICA (4,540t, 7/3/41), capsized
after aircraft torpedo attack off Bougie, Algeria on 29th
January 1943
March 4 - Landing craft
personnel (Large), LCP(L) No.106 (8-11t), wrecked off Tobruk
March 10 - Submarine
TIGRIS (1,090t, 20/6/40), lost, cause unknown, Gulf of
Naples
March 12 - Destroyer
LIGHTNING (1,920t, 28/5/41), sunk by E-boat torpedo,
Central Mediterranean 1943
March 13 - Submarine
THUNDERBOLT (1,090t, 2/11/40), sunk by surface craft depth-charges off Cape Milazzo, Sicily
March 23 - Submarine
TURBULENT (1,090t, 2/12/41), lost, probably mined off
Sardinia. Date approximate
March 30 - Tanker/oiler
HALLANGER (R, 9,551, 1928), sunk by U-boat, W
Mediterranean
April - Landing craft
assault LCA No.272 (11-13t), lost in Mediterranean.
April 2 - Motor torpedo
boat MTB No.63 (35t, 18/2/42), lost in collision off
Benghazi, Libya
April 2 - Motor torpedo
boat MTB No.64 (35t, 23/2/42), lost in collision off
Benghazi, Libya
April 2 - Motor torpedo
boat MTB No.267 (32t), damaged in heavy weather on
passage from Benghazi to Malta. Sunk by own forces
April 16 - Destroyer
PAKENHAM (Leader, 1,550t, 4/2/42), sunk by own forces
after damage in action with destroyers off Sicily
April 16 - Submarine
REGENT (1,475t, 1930), sunk by surface craft, Straits of
Otranto, SE Italy
April 21 - Landing craft
infantry (Large), LCI(L) No.7 (380-384t), sunk by aircraft
off Algiers.
April 21 - Submarine
SPLENDID (7157, 8/8/42), scuttled after depth-charge
attack, W Coast of Corsica
April 24 - Submarine SAHIB
(715t, 13/5/42), scuttled after depth-charge attack off
Cape Milazzo Sicily
April 28 - Motor torpedo
boat MTB No.639 (95t, 22/1/43), sunk by aircraft, Central
Mediterranean
May 2 - Motor torpedo boat
MTB No.311 (34t, 17/2/42), mined, Central Mediterranean
May 9 - Motor torpedo boat
MTB No.61 (35t, 9/1/42), lost, stranded in attack on motor barges off Kelibia, Tunisia
May 10 - Motor torpedo
boat MTB No.264 (32t), mined off Sousse, Tunisia
May 12 - Motor minesweeper
MMS No.89 (240t, 5/1/42), mined off Bizerta, Tunisia
May 14 - Motor launch ML
No.1154 (40t, 30/1/43), mined at Bizerta, Tunisia
June - Landing craft
assault LCA No.222, 312 (total 2, 11-13t each), lost in
Mediterranean. Date reported
June - Landing craft
assault LCA No.78 (11-13t), lost in tow from Algiers to
Djedjelli. Date reported
June - Landing craft
personnel (Ramped), LCP(R) No.769 (9-11t), lost in
Mediterranean. Date reported
June 12 - Landing craft
flak (MkIII), LCF No.13 (550t), bombed off Pantellaria,
Central Mediterranean. Total wreck.
June 14 - Motor gun boat
MGB No.648 (90t, 1/43), sunk by aircraft, Pantellaria,
Central Mediterrranean
June 18 - Landing craft
tank (MkIII), LCT No.358 (625-649t), lost in Mediterranean.
June 18 - Landing craft
tank (MkIII), LCT No.395 (625-649t), mined and grounded in
Mediterranean
June 26 - Motor gun boat
MGB No.644 (90t, 12/42), mined between Marsala and
Mazzara, Sicily. Sunk by own forces
July 3 - Landing ship tank
(Class II), LST No.429 (2,750t, 21/2/43), lost by fire,
Mediterranean.
July 8 - Landing craft
tank (MkIV), LCT No.547 (611-640t), foundered off Malta.
July 15 - Motor gun boat
MGB No.641 (90t, 29/12/42), sunk by shore battery gunfire
from Italian mainland, Straits of Messina. Date given as
14th-15th
July 17 - Motor torpedo
boat MTB No.316 (34t, 12/3/42), torpedoed by Italian
cruiser off Reggio, S Italy
July 22 - Motor torpedo
boat MTB No.288 (40t, 26/3/43), sunk by aircraft,
Augusta, Sicily. Date given as 21st-22nd
July 27 - Landing craft
tank (MkIII), LCT No.353 (625-649t), sunk by aircraft at
Syracuse, Sicily
August 11 - Submarine
PARTHIAN (1,475t, 1931), lost, possibly mined, S Adriatic
August 15 - Landing ship
tank (Class II), LST No.414 (2,750t, 20/1/43), torpedoed by
aircraft off Cani Rocks, Tunisia. Beached off Bizerta
August 15 - Motor torpedo
boat MTB No.665 (95t, 5/43), sunk by shore battery
gunfire, Messina, Sicily
August 18 - Submarine
SARACEN (715t, 27/6/42), sunk by surface craft depth-charges off Bastia, Corsica
August 29 - Landing craft
assault LCA No.446 (11-13t), lost in heavy weather in
Mediterranean.
September 2 - Landing
craft infantry (Large), LCI(L) No.107 (380-384t), wrecked
off Reggio, Italy
September 6 - Destroyer
PUCKERIDGE (1,550t, 30/7/41), sunk by U-boat torpedo, W
Mediterranean
September 8 - Motor
torpedo boat MTB No.77 (38t, 28/5/42), sunk by aircraft
off Vibo Valencia, SW Italy
September 9 - Landing
craft tank (MkIV), LCT No.572, 626 (total 2, 611-640t), lost in Mediterranean
September 10 - Cruiser
minelayer
ABDIEL (2,650t, 15/4/41), sunk by mine in
Taranto Bay, S Italy
September 19 - BYMS
Minesweeper BYMS No.2019 (290t, 15/8/42), mined and
beached off Cotrone, Italy
September 24 - Landing
craft assault LCA No.675 (11-13t), lost during gale at
Salerno
September 24 - Motor
minesweeper MMS No.70 (240t, 18/5/42), believed mined in
Gulf of Taranto, Italy
September 27 - Destroyer
INTREPID (1,370t, 1937), sunk by aircraft in Leros
Harbour, Dodecanese
September 28 - Landing
craft personnel (Ramped), LCP(R) No.1019 (9-11t), sunk
during heavy weather in Salerno Bay, Italy
September 30 - Landing
craft tank (MkV), LCT No.2231 (291-311t), lost in LST-79,
sunk off Corsica
September 30 - Landing
ship tank (Class II), LST No.79 (2,750t, 17/7/43), sunk by
aircraft off Corsica.
October - Landing craft
emergency repair LCER No.1, 9 (total 2, 10t each), lost in
Mediterranean
October - Landing craft
mechanised (MkIII), LCM No.545, 938, 1044 (total 3, 52t), lost in Mediterranean. Date approximate
October - Motor launch ML
No.1015 (40t, 24/2/41), lost in heavy weather, Eastern
Mediterranean
October - Landing craft
mechanised (MkI), LCM No.232 (30-37t), lost in
Mediterranean. Date approximate
October 1 - Landing craft
tank (MkIV), LCT No.553 (611-640t), lost in Mediterranean
October 2 - Landing craft
tank (MkIV), LCT No.618 (611-640t), lost in Mediterranean
October 3 - Trawler
ARACARI (R, 245t, 1908), grounded, total Ioss, Filicudi
island, North of Sicily
October 4 - Tanker/oiler
MARIT (R, 5,542t, 1918), sank by U-boat off Benghazi,
Libya
October 7 - Landing craft
tank (MkIV), LCT No.621 (611-640t), lost in Mediterranean
October 9 - Destroyer
PANTHER (1,540t, 12/12/41), sunk by aircraft bombs,
Scarpanto Strait, Dodecanese
October 11 - Landing craft
tank (MkI), LCT No.3 (372t), presumed lost in attack on
Kos, Dodecanese. Formally paid off. Later recovered and
redesignated NSC(L)94
October 11 - Minesweeper
HYTHE (605t, 5/3/42), sunk by U-boat torpedo off Bougie,
Algeria
October 11 - Submarine
USURPER (540t, 2/2/43), lost, probably mined, Gulf of
Genoa, NW Italy. Date approximate
October 12 - Motor launch
ML No.835 (75t, 8/8/43), sunk by aircraft, Leros island,
Dodecanese
October 15 - Motor torpedo
boat MTB No.636 (95t, 1/43), sunk by surface craft off
Elba, W Italy
October 17 - Submarine
TROOPER (1,090t, 29/8/42), lost, possibly mined, Aegean
Sea
October 22 - Escort
destroyer HURWORTH (1,050t, 5/10/41), sunk by mine off
Kalimno, Dodecanese
October 23 - Minesweeper
CROMARTY (605t, 13/12/41), sunk by mine, W Approaches to
Straits of Bonifacio, Mediterranean
October 24 - Destroyer
ECLIPSE (1,375t, 1934), sunk by mine off Kalimno,
Dodecanese
October 26 - Motor launch
ML No.579 (75t, 3/6/43), sunk by aircraft, Leros island,
Dodecanese
October 26 - Tug TIENTSIN
(R), foundered, Red Sea, on passage to Massawa
October 28 - Landing craft
tank (MkII), LCT No.115 (450-453t), sunk by aircraft off
Casteloriso, Aegean
November - Landing craft
assault LCA No.212, 316. 505, 545 (total 4, 11-13t each), lost in Mediterranean. Date reported
November - Landing craft
mechanised (MkIII), LCM No.583 (52t), lost in
Mediterranean. Date reported
November 4 - Landing craft
tank (MkIV), LCT No.583 (611-640t), lost in Mediterranean
November 12 - Motor launch
ML No.358 (75t, 9/42), lost off Leros island, Dodecanese
November 13 - Escort
destroyer DULVERTON (1,050t, 27/9/41), sunk by aircraft glider bomb off Kos, Dodecanese
November 19 - Submarine
SIMOOM (715t, 30/12/42), lost, Dardanelles Approaches.
Date approximate
November 22 - Boom defence
vessel BARFLAKE (750t, 23/9/4), sunk by mine, Naples
November 22 - Minesweeper
HEBE (815t, 1937), sunk by mine off Bari, E Italy
November 23 - Whaler SANTA
(R, 355t, 1936), mined W of Maddalena, Sardinia
November 24 - Motor
torpedo boat MTB No.73 (38t, 3/10/41), sunk by aircraft, Maddalena, Sardinia
November 27 - Motor launch
ML No.126 (75t, 19/9/40), lost after damage by U-boat
torpedo, W Italy
December 8 - Trawler RYSA
(545t, 13/8/41), sunk by mine off Maddalena, Sardinia
December 12 - Escort
destroyer HOLCOMBE (1,050t, 16/9/42), sunk by U-boat torpedo, W Mediterranean
December 12 - Escort
destroyer TYNDALE (1,000t, 2/12/40), sunk by U-boat torpedo, W Mediterranean
December 18 - Minesweeper
FELIXSTOWE (656t, 11/7/41), sunk by mine off Sardinia
December 31 - Minesweeper
CLACTON (605t, 4/6/42), sunk by mine off Corsica
1944
Landing craft assault LCA
No.326 (11-13.5t), lost in Mediterranean
January - Landing craft
assault LCA No.323, 394, 428, 697 (total 4, 11-13.5t
each), lost in Operation Shingle, Anzio Landings, W Italy.
Date approximate
January - Landing craft
mechanised (MkIII), LCM No.623, 910, 930, 1022, 1064,
1173, 204 (total 7, 52t each), lost in Operation Shingle,
Anzio Landings, W Italy. Date approximate
January - Landing craft
personnel (Large), LCP(L) No.66, 356, 373 (total 3, 8-11t
each), lost in Operation Shingle, Operation Anzio. Date
approximate
January - Landing craft
support (Medium) (MkIII), LCS(M) No.46 (13.5t), lost in
Operation Shingle, Anzio Landings, W Italy. Date
approximate
January 1 - Landing ship
tank (Class II), LST No.411 (2,750t, 8/1/43), mined or
torpedoed (31st Dec. 1943) on passage from Maddalena to
Bastia, Sardinia. Abandoned owing to heavy weather.
January 23 - Destroyer
JANUS (1,760t, 5/8/39), sunk by aircraft torpedo off Anzio, W Italy
January 26 - Landing ship
tank (Class II), LST No.422 (2,750t, 5/2/43), mined and
sunk in Operation Shingle, Anzio Landings, W Italy
January 29 - Cruiser
SPARTAN (5,770t, 10/8/43), sunk by aircraft glider-bomb off Anzio, W Italy
February - Landing craft
tank (MkIII), LCT No.375 (625-640t), sunk in Mediterranean.
Date reported
February 16 - Landing ship
tank (Class II), LST No.418 (2,750t, 1/2/43), sunk after 2
underwater explosions, Operation Shingle, Anzio Landings,
W Italy
February 18 - Cruiser
PENELOPE (5,270t, 1936), sunk by U-boat
torpedo, Anzio
area, W Italy
February 20 - Landing ship
tank (Class II), LST No.305 (2,750t, 7/12/42), sunk by
U-boat torpedo during Operation Shingle, Anzio
Landings, W Italy
February 20 - Motor launch
ML No.1083 (40t, 23/10/41), lost through grounding in Gulf
of Kos, Aegean
February 25 - Destroyer
INGLEFIELD (Leader, 1,530t, 1937), sunk by aircraft glider-bomb off Anzio, W Italy
February 27 - Motor
fishing vessel No.70 (43t, 1/5/43), lost after striking
submerged object en route for Casteloriso, Dodecanese
March - Motor launch ML
No.1380 (40t, 16/9/43), missing in Aegean
March 5 - Motor launch ML
No.387 (75t, 1/6/43), destroyed by internal explosion,
Beirut Harbour, Syria
March 17 - Landing craft
infantry (Large), LCI(L) No.273 (380-384t), sunk by
aircraft, Anzio, W Italy
March 23 - Landing craft
personnel (Ramped), LCP(R) No.1026 (9-11t), sunk in
Mediterranean
March 30 - Destroyer
LAFOREY (Leader, 1,935t, 26/8/41), sunk by U-boat torpedo,
North of Sicily
April 24 - Landing ship
tank (Class II), LST No.407 (2,750t, 31/12/42), damaged
beyond repair by weather in Mediterranean
May - Landing craft
mechanised (MkIII), LCM No.1380, 1381 (total 2, 52t each), lost in Mediterranean. Date reported
May - Landing craft
personnel (Ramped), LCP(R) No.643(9-11t), lost at Naples,
Italy. Date approximate
May - Landing craft
personnel (Small), LCP(S) No.74 (6t), lost overboard at
Messina, Sicily. Date reported
May 30 - Whaler FIRMAMENT
(R, 248t, 1930), grounded, total loss off Alexandria
June - Landing craft
mechanised (MkIII), LCM No.1115, 1130 (total 2, 52t each), lost in Mediterranean. Date reported
June - Landing craft
personnel (Ramped), LCP(R) No.723 (9-11t), lost in
Mediterranean Date reported
June - Landing craft
personnel (Ramped), LCP(R) No.966 (9-11t), damaged en route
to Anzio, W Italy. Date reported
June 16 - Landing craft
tank (MkIV), LCT No.589 (611-640t), destroyed to avoid
capture, Mediterranean
June 17 - Landing craft
flak (MkIII), LCF No.15 (515-550t), mined in Convoy,
Operation Brassard, Elba landings. Date given as
16th-17th
June 18 - Submarine SICKLE
(715t, 1/12/42), sunk, probably mined, Anti-Kithera
Channel, Greece. Date approximate
June 18 - Destroyer QUAIL
(1,705t, 7/1/43), sank in tow, Bari to Taranto, after
damage by mine (15th Nov 1943)
June 22 - Human
torpedo/Chariot No.60/LX (1.2t, 17/8/43), lost in attack
on Spezia, NW Italy
June 22 - Human
torpedo/Chariot No.58/LVIII (1.2t, 11/6/43), lost in
attack on Spezia, NW Italy
June 27 - Motor torpedo
boat MTB No.640 (85t, 1/11/42), sunk by mine,
Leghorn/Spezia area, NW Italy. Date given as 26th-27th
July - Landing craft
personnel (Small), LCP(S) No.183 (6t), wrecked in
Mediterranean. Date reported
July 1 - Landing craft
assault (Hedgerow), LCA No.183, 258, 802 (total 3, 12t
each), lost in Mediterranean
July 1 - Landing craft
assault LCA No.248, 400 (total 2, 11-13.5t each), lost in
Mediterranean
July 12 - Motor launch ML
No.443 (75t. 11/41), mined off Vada, W Italy. Fore part
blown off
July 17 - Landing craft
tank (MkIII), LCT No.387 (625-640t), mined off W Italy.
July 24 - Motor torpedo
boat MTB No.372 (47t, 7/10/43), sunk by surface craft
gunfire when patrolling off Cape Loviste, Adriatic. Date
given as 23rd-24th
August 9 - Landing craft
mechanised (MkIII), LCM No.618, 640 (total 2, 52t each), lost in Mediterranean
August 16 - BYMS
Minesweeper BYMS No.2022 (290t, 12/9/42), lost after
damage by mine, Frejus Gulf, S S France
August 16 - Motor launch
ML No.563 (75t, 3/3/43), sunk by mine off Frejus, S France
September - Landing craft
assault LCA No.577, 625 (total 2, 11-13.5t each), lost in
Mediterranean. Date reported
September 1 - Motor
minesweeper MMS No.117 (255t, 7/4/42), sunk by mine,
Civita Vecchia, W Italy
October - Landing craft
tank (MkIII), LCT No.377 (625-640t), lost, probably mined,
on passage Marseilles to Maddalena, Sardinia
October 5 - Motor launch
ML No.1227 (44t, 24/11/42), sunk by surface craft off
Piraeus, Greece
October 10 - Motor gun
boat MGB No.663 (90t, 8/3/43), sunk by mine off Maestra
Point, NE Adriatic
October 12 - Motor
minesweeper MMS No.170 (255t, 7/9/42), sunk by mine off Gorgona Island, W Italy
October 14 - Motor fishing
vessel No.117 (50t, 30/12/43), sunk by explosion, probably
mine off Pasha Island, N Aegean
October 15 - Motor launch
ML No.870 (75t, 2/8/44), sunk by mine off Piraeus, Greece
October 15 - Water boat
PETRONELLA (R, 2,770t, 1927), mined off Pireaus, Greece
October 25 - BYMS
Minesweeper BYMS No.2077 (290t, 7/7/43), sunk by mine,
Gulf of Corinth, Greece
November 11 - Landing craft infantry
(Large), LCI(L) No.102 (380-384t), damaged
by gales and abandoned, Vis, Adriatic.
November 24 - Motor
torpedo boat MTB No.371 (4/10/43), grounded on Levron
Island, Adriatic, and subsequently destroyed by own
forces
November 24 - Motor
torpedo boat MTB No.287 (36t, 12/3/43), grounded on Levron
Island, Adriatic, and subsequently destroyed by own
forces
November 29 - Motor
minesweeper MMS No.101 (255t, 6/2/43), sunk by mine off Salonika, Greece
November 30 - Whaler BEVER
(R, 252t, 1930), sunk by mine off Pireaus, Greece
December 5 - Landing craft
tank (MkIII), LCT No.328 (625-640t), mined off W Greece.
December 14 - Escort
destroyer ALDENHAM (1,050t, 5/2/42), sunk by mine, NE
Adriatic
1945
January 5 - Motor launch
ML No.1163 (46t, 31/12/42), sunk by torpedo, probably
surface craft, Mulat Island, NE Adriatic
January 12 - Minesweeper
REGULUS (1,010t, 20/5/44), sunk by mine, Corfu Channel,
Greece
January 12 - Whaler TREERN
(On loan to SANF, R, 247t, 1929), sunk by mine off E Coast
of Greece
February 4 - Motor
minesweeper MMS No.68 255t, 28/12/41), sunk by mine off Cephalonia, Greece
February 9 - Tug HESPERIA
(1,118t, 21/5/43), grounded off Libya
February 24 - Landing ship
tank (Class II), LST No.178 (2,750t), mined on passage to
Corfu, grounded and became total wreck
March - Landing craft
mechanised (MkIII), LCM No.1011 (52t), lost in
Mediterranean. Date reported
March 21 - Motor torpedo
boat MTB No.655 (102t, 1/43), sunk by mine, Quarnero Gulf,
NE Adriatic
March 23 - Motor torpedo
boat MTB No.705 (102t, 7/8/43), sunk by mine, Maknare
Channel, NE Adriatic
April - Landing craft
vehicle (Personnel), LCV(P) No.1358 (10-11t), lost by
stranding, E Mediterranean
April - Landing craft
assault LCA No.1346, 1396 (total 2, 11-13.5t), lost in
Mediterranean; presumed during 1945. Date reported
April 3 - Whaler
SPERCHEIOS (ex-NOBLE NORA, on loan to R Hellenic Navy, R
160t), capsized and sank off Greece
April 9 - Landing craft
personnel (Ramped), LCP(R) No.738 (9-11t), lost during
storm in Mediterranean
April 10 - Motor torpedo
boat MTB No.710 (102t, 18/9/43), sunk by mine near Zara,
NE Adriatic
April 17 - Motor torpedo
boat MTB No.697 (102t, 7/43), sunk by mine off Krk Island,
NE Adriatic
April 28 - BYMS
Minesweeper No.2053 (290t, 11/6/43), sank by mine off
Porto Corsini, NE Italy,
May - Landing craft
personnel (MkII), LCP No.1110, 1121 (total 2, 3.8t each), lost in Aegean operations
May 5 - Motor launch ML
No.558 (75t, 12/2/43), mined, N Adriatic, total loss
May 5 - Trawler CORIOLANUS
(545t, 6/2/41), sunk by mine, N Adriatic
May 29 - Landing craft
tank (MkIII), LCT No.357 (625-640t), lost in Suda Bay,
Crete as result of explosion
June - Human
torpedo/Chariot No.11/XI (1.2t, 1/9/42), lost at Malta.
Date reported
June - Human
torpedo/Chariot No.14/XIV (1.2t, 5/10/42), lost at Malta.
Date reported
June - Human
torpedo/Chariot No.17/XV11 (1.2t, 3/10/42), lost at Malta.
Date reported
June - Human
torpedo/Chariot No.20/XX (1.2t, 16/10/42), lost at Malta.
Date reported
June - Human
torpedo/Chariot No.21/XXI (1.2t, 19/10/42), lost at Malta.
Date reported
June - Human
torpedo/Chariot No.24/XXIV (1.2t, 17/11/42), lost at
Malta. Date reported
June - Human
torpedo/Chariot No.25/XXV (1.2r, 23/11/42), lost at Malta.
Date reported
June - Landing craft
personnel (MkII), LCP No.1113 (3.8t each), damaged in gale
at Maddalena, Sardinia and written off. Date reported
June - Landing craft
personnel (Ramped), LCP(R) No.832 (9-11t), lost in tow in
Mediterranean. Date reported
June 25 - Motor
minesweeper MMS No.168 (255t, 5/7/42), sunk by mine in
Genoa Harbour, Italy
July - Landing craft personnel (Ramped),
LCP(R) No.965 (9-11t), lost in tow in
Mediterranean. Date reported
July - Motor torpedo boat
MTB No.242 (40t, 23/10/42), sunk whilst being towed to
Malta
July 17 - Tug ATHLETE
(570t, 15/11/43), sunk by mine off Leghorn, Italy
August 26 - Motor torpedo
boat MTB No.261 (32t), sunk at Alexandria
Possibly MEDITERRANEAN SEA
1941
May 30 - Small craft
AGHIOS PANTALEIMON (R, 105t), presumed lost, possibly
Greek area
June - Tug IRENE VERNICOS
(R, 250t), constructive total loss, possibly Greek area
September 26 - Schooner
KANTARA (R), cause and place unknown.
1942
July - Landing craft
assault LCA No.196 (11-13.5t), lost by enemy action.
1943
September 8 - Landing
craft tank (MkIV), LCT No.624 (611-640t), formally paid off
September 23 - Special
service vessel EVANGIELISTRIA (Chios 345, R), sunk by
enemy action
November 11 - Special
service vessel BILLDORA (R), sunk by enemy action
November 11 - Special
service vessel SQUALLY (R), sunk by enemy action
November 11 - Special
service vessel WESTWICK (R, 18T, 1935), sunk by enemy
action
1944
January 25 - Transport
vessel EVANGELISTRIA (SAMOS 82, R), constructive total
loss
December 15 - Small
miscellaneous craft AYIOS IOANNIS (CHIOS 466), cause and
place unknown
December 16 - Small
miscellaneous craft EUSTATHIOS GHIOKIS (R), constructive
total loss
1945
April 13 - Harbour duty
vessel AYIOS IONNIS (CHIOS 116, R), cause and place
unknown
INDIAN OCEAN including Persian Gulf
area, East Africa
1940
August 15 - Collier KING
CITY (R, 4,744t, 1928), sunk by German Raider, lndian
Ocean
1941
September - Store carrier
TUNA (R, 662t, 1907), fire at Aden; constructive total
loss (Colledge - loss date 13/07/41)
December 13 - Auxiliary
anti-submarine vessel KAMPAR (R, 971t, 1915), damaged on
the 12th, then destroyed by aircraft at Penang
1942
April 3 - Armed merchant
cruiser HECTOR (R, 11,198t, 1924), bombed and set on fire
during Japanese carrier aircraft raid on Colombo.
April 5 - Cruiser
CORNWALL
(10,000t, 1928), sunk by Japanese dive bombers, Indian
Ocean
April 5 - Cruiser
DORSETSHIRE (9,975t, 1930), sunk by Japanese dive bombers,
Indian Ocean
April 5 - Destroyer
TENEDOS (1,000t, 1919), sunk by aircraft during attack on
Colombo
April 9 - Aircraft carrier
HERMES (10,850t, 1924), sunk by Japanese aircraft off
Ceylon
April 9 - Corvette
HOLLYHOCK (1,010t, 19/11/40), sunk by aircraft bombs, E of
Ceylon.
April 9 - Destroyer
VAMPIRE (On loan to RAN, 1,090t, 1917), sunk by aircraft bombs, E of Ceylon
May 5 - Corvette AURICULA
(915t, 5/3/41), mined Courrier Bay, Madagascar.
May 5 - Landing craft
mechanised (MkI), LCM No.46 (30-37t), capsized and sank, E Indies.
May 5 - Whaler SAMBHUR (R,
223t, 1926), stranded off Colombo, Ceylon
June 8 - Trawler AGHIOS
GEORGIS IV (R, 164t), Mozambique Channel.
October 22 - Landing craft
mechanised (MkI), LCM No.89 (30-37t), believed lost in tow
en route to Colombo, Ceylon (Sri Lanka)
November 3 - Tug BAIA (R), lost in tow between Mogadishu and Mombasa
December 3 - Tanker/oiler
BELITA (R, 6,323t, 1933), sunk by U-boat off Socotra,
Arabian Sea
1943
March 4 - Landing craft personnel
(Ramped), LCP(R) No.673, 680, 684, 685, 689,
692, 693, 727 (total 8, 9-11t each), lost in
Marietta E, sunk by U-boat in convoy, Indian
Ocean
April 17 - Landing craft personnel
(Ramped), LCP(R) No.780, 782 (total 2, 9-11t
each), lost in Sembilan. Sunk by U-boat,
Indian Ocean
May 26 - Trawler HONG LAM
(R, 104t), foundered off Adam's Bridge, between India and
Ceylon. Formally paid off
June 8 - Special service
vessel DAH PU (R, 1,974t, 1922), torpedoed by U-boat,
Muscat Harbour, E coast of Arabia
August 2 - Tanker/oiler
ALCIDES (R, 7,634t, 1930), sunk by Japanese Raider, Indian
Ocean. Date approximate
August 29 - Landing craft
support (Medium) (MkI), LCS(M) No.16 (9-13.5t), lost in
India
September 4 - Landing craft personnel
(Large), LCP(L) No.325 (8-11t), sunk at
Bombay
September 12 - Landing craft personnel
(Ramped), LCP(R) No.879 (9-11t), wrecked at
Bombay
September 12 - Landing craft personnel
(Large), LCP(L) No.316 (8-11t), sunk at
Bombay
1944
January 29 - Collier OLGA
E EMBIRICOS (R, 4,677t, 1922), sunk by U-boat, Gulf of
Aden
February 14 - Salvage
vessel SALVIKING (1,490t, 27/1/43), sunk by U-boat torpedo, Indian Ocean
March 27 - Whaler MAALOY
(R, 249t), sunk by U-boat off Ceylon
April - Landing craft
mechanised (MkIII), LCM No.1313, 1314, 1373, 1378 (total
4, 52t each), lost on passage from USA to India. Date
reported (possibly Indian Ocean area)
April - Landing craft personnel (Large),
LCP(L) No.360, 367 (total 2, 8-11t
each), lost during exercises at Mandapam, India. Date
reported
April 14 - Landing craft personnel
(Large), LCP(L) No.323 (8-11t), destroyed in
explosion at Bombay.
April 14 - Landing craft personnel
(Ramped), LCP(R) No.866 (9-11t), destroyed by
fire at Bombay
April 14 - Landing ship infantry (Large),
LSI(L) EL HIND (R, 5,319t), destroyed by
fire in Bombay Docks, India
June - Landing craft personnel (Ramped),
LCP(R) No.867 (9-11t), wrecked at Mandapam, S India across from Ceylon
June 15 - Landing craft
assault LCA No.59, 69 (total 2, 11-13.5t each), lost,
Bombay area.
September 15 - Landing craft personnel
(Large), LCP(L) No.348 (8-11t), destroyed
by fire in India.
October 13 - Motor launch
ML No.1057 (40t, 30/9/41), lost through detonation of
demolition charges off Kilindini, E Africa
November 15 - Landing
craft mechanised (MkIII), LCM No.1101 (52t each), wrecked
near Aden, en route to India
November 16 - Landing
craft assault LCA No.149 (11-13.5t), lost in India.
1945
March 6 - Landing craft
tank (MkIII), LCT No.492 (625-640t), capsized and sank, Red
Sea
June 21 - Trawler HILDASAY
(545t, 30/9/41), grounded on reef near Kilindini, E
Africa. Total loss
August 17 - Landing craft
assault LCA No.1329, 1591 (total 2, 11-13.5t), lost
overboard from LST off India
SOUTH EAST ASIA
1941
December 10 -
Battlecruiser
REPULSE (33,250, 1916), sunk by Japanese
torpedo-aircraft, E coast of Malaya SE Asia
December 10 - Battleship
PRINCE OF WALES (35,000t, 31/3/41), sunk by Japanese
torpedo-aircraft, E coast of Malaya SE Asia
December 10 - Minesweeper
BANKA (R, 623t, 1914), sunk by mine or aircraft, E Coast
of Malaya.
December 13 - Examination
vessel TUNG WO (R, 1,337t, 1914) abandoned as a result of
enemy action off Penang, Malaya.
December 30 - Armed trader
KUDAT (R, 1,725t, 1914), sunk by A/C at Port Swettenham,
Malaya.
1942
January 16 - Motor launch
KELANA (R, 88t), sunk by aircraft. Malaya.
January 21 - Collier
ZANNIS L CAMBANIS (R, 5,317t, 1920), mined off Singapore
January 22 - Armed trader
LARUT (R, 894t, 1927), sunk by aircraft off E coast of
Sumatra
January 22 - Armed trader
RAUB (R, 1,161t, 1926), sunk by aircraft off E coast of
Sumatra
January 27 - Destroyer
THANET (1,000t, 1919), sunk in action with Japanese
surface craft off Malaya
February - Auxiliary
anti-submarine vessel TIEN KWANG (R, 787t, 1925), lost or
destroyed to falling into enemy hands, Singapore Area.
February - Boom defence
vessel DOWGATE (290t, 1935), lost or destroyed to prevent
falling into Japanese hands at Singapore
February - Boom defence
vessel LUDGATE (290t, 1935), lost or destroyed to prevent
falling into Japanese hands at Singapore
February - Examination
vessel SOLEN (R), presumed lost at Singapore
February - Landing craft
personnel (Large), LCP(L) No.180-185 (total 6, 8-11t each), lost at Singapore
February - Motor launch ML
PENGHAMBAT Lost or destroyed to prevent falling into
enemy hands at Singapore
February - Motor launch ML
PENINGAT (R), lost or destroyed to prevent falling into
enemy hands at Singapore
February - Patrol vessel
GIANG BEE (R, 1,646t, 1908), lost or destroyed to prevent
falling into enemy hands Singapore area.
February - Small craft
SHUN AN (R), lost or destroyed to prevent falling into
Japanese hands, Singapore
February - Tug WO KWANG
(R, 350t, 1927) assumed lost at Singapore
February 11 - Armed trader
LIPIS (R, 845t, 1927), believed lost by enemy action off
Singapore
February 13 - Auxiliary
anti-submarine vessel SHU KWANG (R, 788t, 1924), sunk by
aircraft, Dutch East Indies
February 13 - Auxiliary
anti-submarine vessel SIANG WO (R, 2,595t, 1926), bombed
and beached Dutch East Indies.
February 13 - Boom
accomodation ship SUI WO (R, 2,672t, 1896), lost or
destroyed to prevent falling into Japanese hands at
Singapore
February 13 - Minesweeper
HUA TONG (R, 280t, 1927), sunk by aircraft in Palembang
River, Sumatra.
February 13 - River gun
boat SCORPION (700t, 1938), sunk by gunfire from Japanese
surface craft, Banka Straits, after aircraft attack on
the 9th
February 14 - Armed trader
VYNER BROOKE (R, 1,670t, 1928), sunk by aircraft off Banka Straits, Sumatra
February 14 Auxiliary
anti-submarine vessel KUALA (R, 954t, 1911), sunk by
aircraft, Dutch East Indies.
February 14 - Minelayer
KUNG WO (R, 4,636t, 1921), sunk by aircraft bombs near Lingga Archipelago, Singapore area.
February 14 - Minesweeper
CHANGTEH (R, 244t), sunk by aircraft bombs, Singapore area
February 14 - Motor launch
ML No.311 (73t, 29/11/41), sunk by Japanese gunfire. Banka
Straits, Sumatra.
February 14 - River gun
boat
DRAGONFLY (625t, 1939), sailing from Singapore and
sunk by aircraft bombs
February 14 - River gun
boat
GRASSHOPPER (625t, 1939), sailing from Singapore and
sunk by aircraft bombs
February 14 - Tug
PENGAWAL, sunk by aircraft, Durian Straits, Singapore
February 14 - Tug ST
BREOCK (810t), sunk by aircraft bombs off Sumatra
February 14 - Tug ST JUST
(810t, 1919), sunk by aircraft, Durian Straits, Singapore
February 14 - Whaler TRANG
(R, 205t, 1912), fired and abandoned, Cooper Channel,
Singapore
February 15 - Minesweeper
KLIAS (R, 207t, 1927), scuttled at Palembang, Sumatra
February 15 - Tug YIN PING
(R, 1914), sunk by gunfire
February 15 - Motor launch
ML No.310 (73t, 29/11/41), lost in action with surface
craft, Tjebia Island.
February 16 - Motor launch
ML No.1062 (40t, 9/42), sunk by gunfire, Banka Straits,
Sumatra.
February 17 - Minesweeper
JARAK (R, 208t), sunk by A/C bombs, Singapore area
February 18 - Minesweeper
MALACCA (R, 210t, 1927), scuttled in Tjemako river,
Sumatra
February 27 - Destroyer
ELECTRA (1,375t, 1934), sunk by surface craft, gunfire,
Java Sea
February 27 - Destroyer
JUPITER (1,760t, 25/6/39), sunk by torpedo, Java Sea
February 28 - Auxiliary
anti-submarine vessel MATA HARI (R, 1,020t, 1915), sunk by
aircraft in Sunda Strait, Java Sea.
February-March -
Minesweeper FUH WO (R, 953t, 1922), lost by enemy action
or destroyed at Singapore
February-March -
Minesweeper LI WO (R, 707t,1938), lost by enemy action or
destroyed at Singapore
February-March -
Minesweeper SIN AIK LEE (R, 198t, 1928), lost by enemy
action or destroyed at Singapore
February-March -
Minesweeper TAPAH (R, 208t, 1926), lost by enemy action or
destroyed at Singapore
March - Whaler JERAM (R,
210t, 1927), presumed lost, Singapore area
March 1 - Cruiser
EXETER
(8,390t, 1931), sunk in action with Japanese surface
craft, Java Seas
March 1 - Destroyer
ENCOUNTER (1,375t, 1934), sunk in action, surface craft,
Java Sea
March 1 - Motor launch ML
No.1063 (40t, 1/42), sunk in action, Tanjong Priok, Java.
March 1 - Tanker/oiler WAR
SIRDAR (5,518t, 1920), lost on reef, NW Batavia
March 1 - Whaler RAHMAN
(R, 209t, 1926), lost or destroyed, Batavia
March 2 - Destroyer
STRONGHOLD (905t, 1919), sunk in action, surface craft,
South of Java
March 2 - Whaler GEMAS (R,
207t, 1925), scuttled, Tjilatjap, Java
March 3 - Minesweeper
SCOTT HARLEY (R, 620t, 1913), sunk, probably by surface
craft, Indian Ocean
March 3 - Tanker/oiler
FRANCOL (2,623t, 1917), sunk by gunfire of Japanese
surface craft, S of Java
March 3 - Base ship ANKING
(R, 3,472t, 1925), sunk by gunfire from Japanese surface
craft, S of Java, Indian Ocean
March 4 - Motor
minesweeper MMS No.51 (226t, 29/11/41), scuttled S of Java
to prevent capture by Japanese.
March 8 - Whaler JERANTUT
(R, 217t, 1927), scuttled, Palembang, Sumatra
December 25 - Landing craft personnel
(Large), LCP(L) No.36 (8-11t), lost by fire
at Chittagong, India. Date given as 24th-25th
1943
January - Landing craft personnel
(Large), LCP(L) No.203-206 (total 4, 8-11t each), lost at Sourabaya, Java (in January 1943?)
January 3 - Landing craft personnel
(Large), LCP(L) No.17 (8-11t), lost by fire at Chittagong, India
March - Landing craft
support (Medium) (MkI), LCS(M) No.23 (9-13.5t), lost on
patrol, Mayu River, Burma
April 25 - Landing craft
support (Medium) (MkI), LCS(M) No.17 (9-13.5t), sunk by
enemy action, Mayu River, Burma
1944
March - Landing craft
mechanised (MkI), LCM No.76, lost in E Indies. Date
reported
March 22 - Submarine
STONEHENGE (715t, 15/6/43), lost on patrol, probably off Nicobar Islands, Indian Ocean, Date approximate
May - Landing craft
mechanised (MkI), LCM No.131, 182, 183, 207, 209 (total 5,
30-37t each), lost in E Indies. Date reported
June - Landing craft
assault LCA No.33, 56, 146 (total 3, 11-13.5t each), lost
in E Indies. Date reported
June - Landing craft
mechanised (MkI), LCM No.91 (30-37t), lost in E Indies.
Date reported
July - Landing craft
assault LCA No.54 (11-13.5t), lost in E Indies. Date
reported
October 28 - Human
torpedo/Chariot No.79/LXXIX (1.94t, 17/4/44), lost in
operation, Puket Harbour, Thailand
October 28 - Human
torpedo/Chariot No.80/LXXX (1.94t, 15/5/44), lost in
operation, Puket Harbour, Thailand
November - Landing craft
tank (MkV), LCT No.2461 291-311t), capsized and sunk by
gunfire, Bay of Bengal.
November 22 - Submarine
STRATAGEM (715t, 9/10/43), sunk by surface vessel depth-charges off Malacca, East Indies
1945
January 19 - Submarine
PORPOISE (1,500t, 1933), sunk, probably by aircraft,
Malacca Strait, E Indies. Date approximate
January 24 - Motor launch
ML No.891 (75t, 28/3/44), sunk by mine, Kyauk Pyu, N of
Ramree Island, Burma
March 5 - Landing craft
personnel (Ramped), LCP(R) No.979 (9-11t), lost when in use
as ship's boat in Eastern Theatre.
April - Landing craft
mechanised (MkIII), LCM No.1319,1327 (total 2, 52t each), lost on Arakan Coast, Burma
May 2 - Landing craft tank
(MkIV), LCT No.1238 (611-640t), mined in Rangoon River,
Burma
May 9 - Motor launch ML
No.905 (75t, 10/5/44), foundered in tidal wave, Sittang
River estuary, Burma
May 9 - Motor launch ML
No.591 (75t, 18/4/44), foundered in tidal wave, Sittang
River estuary, Burma
May 29 - Landing craft personnel (Large),
LCP(L) No.344, 378 (total 2, 8-11t
each), sunk at Akyab, Burma.
June - Landing craft
mechanised (MkI), LCM No.354, 493 (total 2, 30-37t), lost
in operations on Arakan Coast, Burma. Date reported
June - Landing craft
support (Medium) (MkII), LCS(M) No.30 (12.5t), lost in
operations on Arakan Coast, Burma. Date reported
June - Landing craft
support (Medium) (MkIII), LCS(M) No.148 (13.5t), lost in
operations on Arakan Coast, Burma. Date reported
July 24 - Minesweeper
SQUIRREL (940t, 16/8/44), damaged by mine off Puket, Siam
(Thailand), sunk by own forces
July 26 - Minesweeper
VESTAL (940t, 10/9/43), sunk by aircraft off Puket, Siam
(Thailand)
Possibly SOUTH EAST ASIA
1944
Landing craft mechanised
(MkIII), LCM No.525, 559, 591, 650, 907 (total 5, 52t
each), lost overseas, presumed during 1944.
Landing craft personnel (Ramped), LCP(R) No.640, 735, 978, 982, 987, 989, 991,
993, 1023 (total 9, 9-11t), lost overseas, presumed during
1944.
Landing craft personnel (Large), LCP(L) No.540, 760 (total 2, 8-11t each),
lost
overseas, presumed during 1944.
May - Landing craft
mechanised (MkI), LCM No.212, 215, 218, 219, 243, 272,
277, 285, 288, 324 (total 10, 30-37t each), lost overseas.
Date reported
May - Landing craft
mechanised (MkIII), LCM No.527, 534, 540, 588, 1029, 1045,
1071, 1083, 1123, 1171, 1205 (total 11, 52t each), lost
overseas. Date reported
May - Landing craft personnel (Large), LCP(L) No.8, 263, 287, 577 (total 4,
8-11t each), lost overseas. Date reported
May - Landing craft personnel (Ramped),
LCP(R) No.614, 634, 663, 824, 844,
912. 913, 995 (total 8, 9-11t each), lost overseas. Date
reported
June - Landing craft
mechanised (MkI), LCM No.295 (30-37t), lost overseas.
EAST ASIA
1941
December 8 - River gun
boat
PETEREL (310t, 1927), sunk by Japanese Forces at
Shanghai.
December 9 - Special
service vessel KANTUNG (R), sunk as blockship in Anking
Harbour
December 9 - Special
service vessel MACAO (R), sunk as blockship in Anking
Harbour
December 12 - River gun
boat MOTH (625t, 1916), scuttled at Hong Kong.
December 15 - Tug INDIRA
(R, 637t, 1918), sunk during air attack on Hong Kong.
December 16 - Motor
torpedo boat MTB No.8 (18t, 1937), destroyed by fire
during raid on Hong Kong.
December 19 - Boom defence
vessel ALDGATE (290t, 1934), scuttled at Hong Kong
December 19 - Boom defence
vessel BARLIGHT (730t, 1938), scuttled at Hong Kong
December 19 - Boom defence
vessel WATERGATE (290t, 1934), scuttled at Hong Kong
December 19 - Minelayer
REDSTART (498t, 1938), scuttled at Hong Kong.
December 19 - River gun
boat TERN (262t, 1917), scuttled at Hong Kong.
December 20 - Motor
torpedo boat MTB No.12 (18t, 1938), sunk in action with
Japanese landing craft, Hong Kong
December 20 - Motor
torpedo boat MTB No.26 (14t, 1938), sunk in action with
Japanese landing craft, Hong Kong
December 21 - River gun
boat
CICALA (625t, 1916), sunk by aircraft bombs, Hong
Kong.
December 25 - River gun
boat
ROBIN (226t, 1934), scuttled at Hong Kong.
December 26 - Motor
torpedo boat MTB No.7 (18t, 1938), scuttled at Hong Kong.
December 26 - Motor
torpedo boat MTB No.9 (18t, 1937), scuttled at Hong Kong
December 26 - Motor
torpedo boat MTB No.10 (18t, 1938), scuttled at Hong Kong
December 26 - Motor
torpedo boat MTB No.11 (18t, 1938), scuttled at Hong Kong
December 26 - Motor
torpedo boat MTB No.27 (14t, 1938), scuttled at Hong Kong
1942
Small craft MATCHLOCK
(70t), sunk by mine at Canton, China, date unknown
PACIFIC OCEAN
1944
December - Landing craft
assault LCA No.1188 (11-13.5t), lost in Solomon Islands,
SW Pacific
1945
February 26 - Landing
craft assault LCA No.1161 (11-13.5t), lost through heavy
weather at Leyte, Philippines
March 27 - Landing craft
assault LCA No.1472 (11-13.5t), lost at Leyte, Philippines
March 30 - Landing craft
assault LCA No.1433 (11-13.5t), smashed by heavy seas,
Admiralty Islands, SW Pacific
